Developer, architect and 7 others booked for fraud after BMC complaint

As per the FIR, the accused connived together and crafted false documents in the name of administrative officer (property) K/East Ward. But no such post ever existed.

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They later also created bogus distribution and allotment letters, made bogus signatures of an assistant municipal commissioner and an engineer, and prepared bogus documents, the police said.

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A developer, a project architect, and seven others were booked Wednesday for allegedly forging the signatures of an officer from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), preparing false allotment letters, and selling off flats meant for project-affected people to other buyers, thus causing a loss of nearly Rs 5 crore to the BMC.

The Andheri police station registered a case against developer Anil Chandulal Shah, a partner in Zire Rushi Construction, architect Umesh Bhatt, and seven others.

he FIR was filed by Bhupesh Rane, 47, an assistant engineer in the K/East ward of BMC.

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As per the FIR, the accused connived together and crafted false documents in the name of administrative officer (property) K/East Ward. But no such post ever existed.

They later also created bogus distribution and allotment letters, made bogus signatures of an assistant municipal commissioner and an engineer, and prepared bogus documents, the police said.

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